0 a situation in which someone is punished by the law courts for a crime that they have not committed: --
Many people oppose the death penalty because of the possibility of miscarriages of justice.
1 a situation in which someone is punished by a court of law for a crime that they have not committed: --
But now we do publicly recognise that a miscarriage of justice in the courts can take place—although, fortunately, it is a very rare event.
This is just the type of offence where there is a really dreadful danger of miscarriage of justice.
There may be a miscarriage of justice, when the man has not been properly defended.
At the same time it is important that adequate and proper protection should be given to the accused person against any possible miscarriage of justice.
During a military conflict there is the risk of a miscarriage of justice in the heat of the moment.
Indeed, the police and prosecuting authorities played a notable part in uncovering this miscarriage of justice.
I regret that it is not possible, without disproportionate effort, to identify which of these should be classified as allegations of miscarriage of justice.
I understand that there is an instrument for the measurement of noise and to reduce the dangers of miscarriage of justice to the minimum.
